hyperechoic

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hyperechoic

producing an increased amplitude of waves returned in ultrasonography; characteristic of bone and dense tumor tissue.

hyperechoic

Imaging adjective Referring to an abnormal ↑ in echoes by ultrasonography, due to a pathologic change in tissue density. See Ultrasound.

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echogenic			On US, a gossypiboma appears as a well-defined hypoechoic mass containing a wavy hyperechoic area with marked acoustic shadowing, even in the absence of gas and calcification. Gossypiboma: the forgotten diagnosis by Sirjani, Farshad Ostovar; Gerscovich, Eugenio O.; McGahan, John P.; Stein-Wexler, Rebecca / Applied Radiology Abdominal ultrasonography revealed multiple hyperechoic lesions compatible with hemangiomas and a hypoechoic mass lesion in the posterior segment of the right hepatic lobe (Fig. Primary tuberculous liver abscess: a case report and review of the ... by Sahin, Burhan / Southern Medical Journal Mercury is hyperechoic on sonograms despite being liquid at room temperature. Subcutaneous injection of mercury: "warding off evil" by Prasad, Venkat L. / Environmental Health Perspectives			hypercorticism hypercortisolism hypercryalgesia hypercryalgesia, hypercryesthesia hypercryesthesia hypercupremia hypercupriuria hypercyanotic hypercythemia hypercytosis hyperdactylism hyperdactyly hyperdicrotic hyperdiploid hyperdipsia hyperdistension hyperdistention hyperdiuresis hyperdivergent hyperdontia hyperdynamia hyperdynamic circulation hyperdynamic endotoxemia hyperdynamic syndrome hyperechema hyperechoic hyperelastosis cutis hyperemesis hyperemesis gravidarum hyperemesis lactentium hyperemia hyperemic hyperencephalus hyperencephaly hyperendemic hypereosinophilia hypereosinophilic syndrome hyperepinephrinemia hyperequilibrium hypererethism hyperergasia hyperergia hyperergy hypererythrocythemia hyperesophoria hyperesthesia hyperesthetic hyperestrinism hyperestrogenism hyperexcitability hyperexophoria			hyperdicrotic hyperdicrotic Hyperdicrotism Hyperdicrotous hyperdiploid hyperdipsia hyperdisk hyperdistension hyperdistention hyperdiuresis hyperdivergent hyperdolichocephalic hyperdolichocranial Hyperdontia hyperdrive Hyperdrives Hyperdulia Hyperdulia Hyperduly hyperdynamia hyperdynamia Hyperdynamic circulation hyperdynamic endotoxemia hyperdynamic ileus hyperdynamic ileus hyperdynamic ileus hyperdynamic syndrome hyperechema Hyperechogenic Areas in the Thalamus and Basal Ganglia hyperechoic Hyperelastosis cutis hyperemesis hyperemesis hyperemesis Hyperemesis Education and Research hyperemesis gravedorium hyperemesis gravidarum hyperemesis gravidarum hyperemesis gravidarum hyperemesis gravidarum hyperemesis lactentium hyperemesis lactentium hyperemesis lactentium Hyperemesis Research and Education Organization hyperemia hyperemia hyperemia Hyperemia Unit hyperemic hyperemic hyperemic Hyperemic Average Peak Velocity Hyperemic Mean Transit Time hyperencephalus hyperencephaly hyperendemic hyperendemic disease hyperendemic disease hyperendemic disease hyperendemic disease

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